Particularly brief because we saw this last week, and so much has been forgotten...
The first test this week was another one where the real test was hidden; in the stated quest, the heroes were sent to a local restaurant to choose a meal (Stan's claim being that what they chose would be revealing). In fact there was a hidden camera in the restaurant, which recorded the waitress or waiter's efforts to get each hero to reveal his or her secret identity, and the hero's response. Some were more vulnerable to the flirting than others, and only two of the heroes held out, while the rest told.
Stan (who is no longer, apparently, calling up three to choose from at each deletion) eliminated Monkey Woman, who not only volunteered the information without being asked (making it clear that this was primarily a role to her), she talked with the waiter about what she was doing on the show, and when he asked she gave him several websites he could use if he wanted to get into acting. So not only did she give the real name, not only did she give it without being asked, but she in Stan's opinion was on the show not to be a hero but to (gasp!) advance her career! (Yeah, yeah, I know.) Stan was also irked because although she was an actress, she had put "real estate agent" or some such on her application form. (I'm guessing there are plenty of realtors/actors in southern California.} The fact that she was also the one who most readily stepped out of "hero persona" during this test did not help her case.
The second test was the one they advertised in last week's promos--having to walk across a narrow beam from rooftop to rooftop across an alley in order to rescue a damsel in distress. Unsurprisingly the actual test did not involve endangering the contestants, the real beam was about four inches off the ground, the heroes being blindfolded so that they would not be aware of it. All the heroes completed this one, so no elimination was made based on this. (My guess is that they all assumed that some safety measures were in play--a net, a cushion--so were not in fear for their lives, although of course they didn't want to fall.)
The second elimination came after still another test, wherein Stan asked each hero to say which of the heroes they thought should be eliminated next. (Thus throwing in some extra drama and divisiveness.) First up was the quick-thinking Creature, who quickly voted that she, herself, should be eliminated. Most of the other heroes followed suit, which was not surprising. The ones who did not were Tyveculous (who voted against Lemuria, feeling that she was not as heroic as she could be)--not a big surprise since he was already burned once by telling Stan what he thought he wanted to hear (the costume thing) and I'm guessing he intended to be honest throughout the rest of the competition, no matter what--and Fat Momma, who voted against Feedback for the reason that he seemed somewhat high-strung and she was worried that he might eventually snap.
I really wasn't sure what would happen with this one--I thought there was a fair chance that it would be another honesty test (undoubtedly what Tyveculous--and probably Fat Momma--were thinking). However, it was instead a test of "self-sacrifice" so it was down to the two of them. According to Stan, Fat Momma made the wrong decision but her reasons were based on kindness, so she stayed and Tyveculous was eliminated.
The kids were a little disappointed in this one. Remember, they (especially the younger one) base their opinion to a great extent on perceived niceness,and two of their favorites no longer seem to be as nice as they first did. Lemuria to some extent, but especially Fat Momma, who at the end of the show was so upset about Tyveculous' leaving that she blamed the other heroes (the ones who guessed right about the basis of the test), claiming that their self-sacrifice was insincere (which according to Stan was beside the point--the important thing was to do what's right--which is a little inconsistent with at least one of his other decisions, but all right...) and she's making it her mission to outlast them all. This was not enough to oust either heroine from their favored status (seven-year-old: "I at least want a girl to win", so yes, that's how she chooses her favorites) but it was enough to bring down their "nice" rating.
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